Jeremiah 51:53

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Although Babylon's walls reach to the sky, the army I send will destroy that city. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Cross References

Job 20:6

Though their pride and power may reach to the sky,

Isaiah 13:17

The Medes can't be bought off with silver or gold, and I'm sending them to attack Babylonia.

Isaiah 41:25

I, the LORD, appointed a ruler in the north; now he comes from the east to honour my name. He tramples kings like mud, as potters trample clay.

Isaiah 47:5

Babylon, be silent! Sit in the dark. No longer will nations accept you as their queen.

Isaiah 47:7

You thought that you would be queen for ever. You didn't care what you did; it never entered your mind that you might get caught.

Jeremiah 49:16

Pride tricks you into thinking that other nations look at you with fear. You live along the cliffs and high in the mountains like the eagles, but I am the LORD, and I will bring you down.

Jeremiah 50:21

The LORD said: I have told the enemies of Babylonia, “Attack the people of Merathaim and Pekod. Kill them all! Destroy their possessions!”

Jeremiah 50:25

I've brought out my weapons, and with them I will put a curse on Babylonia.

Jeremiah 50:45

Listen to my plans for you, people of Babylonia. Your children will be dragged off, and your country destroyed.

Jeremiah 51:11

I, the LORD, want Babylon destroyed, because its army destroyed my temple. So, you kings of Media, sharpen your arrows and pick up your shields.

Jeremiah 51:25

You destroyed the nations and seem strong as a mountain, but I am your enemy. I might even grab you and roll you off a cliff. When I have finished, you'll only be a pile of scorched bricks.

Jeremiah 51:48

when an army attacks from the north and brings destruction. Then the earth and the heavens and everything in them will celebrate.

Jeremiah 51:56

An enemy will attack and destroy Babylon. Its soldiers will be captured and their weapons broken, because I am a God who takes revenge against nations for what they do.

Jeremiah 51:58

The thick walls of that city will be torn down, and its huge gates burnt. Everything that nation worked so hard to gain will go up in smoke.

Amos 9:2

“If they dig deep into the earth or climb to the sky, I'll reach out and get them.

Amos 9:4

I'll send a sword to kill them, wherever their enemies drag them off as captives. I'm determined to hurt them, not to help them.”

Habakkuk 2:9

You're doomed! You made your family rich at the expense of others. You even said to yourself, “I'm above the law.”